For nearly 200 years, most scholars have agreed that Mark was the first of the gospels to be written. Might they be mistaken?
06 June 2024, The Tablet
The synoptic problem and St Peter’s memoirs
Mark had collected a lot of unsorted stories without knowing the order in which they happened
Fra Angelico’s depicts St Peter preaching in the presence of St Mark, painted c.1433
Photo: Alamy/The Picture Art Collection
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